FRA Meets with VBA Undersecretary on Claims Backlog

Along with
representatives from three other organizations in The Military Coalition
(TMC), NED Joe Barnes met this week with retired USAF BGen Allison
Hickey, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Under Secretary for
Benefits, and senior officials responsible for various benefit
programs.Issues
addressed during the meeting included a status report on efforts to
improve claims processing, implementing new technology to improve
service members transition to the VA and other services, the new
Transition Assistance Program (TAP), veterans’ training and
employment initiatives mandated by the 2011 Veterans Opportunity to Work
Act (VOW), Post-9/11 GI Bill and other education program benefits
processing, the eBenefits
program,
coordination with DoD on various transition programs,
pension/fiduciary/survivor programs, and other VA benefit and support
programs.